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Extend Your Life: Use The Phone More Really!!!

| July 5, 2013 | No Comments | Email This Post Email This Post

Andy:  Ten years ago if somebody told me that their advice for senior health and long life is to talk on the phone more, well I would think that they are a little bit crazy. How could talking on the phone more make any sense to living longer and being happier? Well, at first it doesn’t make a lot of sense, but if you listen to our today’s guest Adriene Burk, who talked with me on the phone, about a study that she was part of with the V tech corporation and its Caroline phone - might change your mind a little bit. Adriene: And this is [...]

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What’s In A Senior Diet

| July 4, 2013 | No Comments | Email This Post Email This Post

A healthy eating plan gives your body the nutrients it needs every day while staying within your daily calorie goal for weight loss. The senior diet includes a healthy eating plan that will also  lower your risk for heart disease and other health conditions. A healthy eating plan: Emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products Includes lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts Is low in saturated fats, trans fat, cholesterol, salt (sodium), and added sugars Controls portion [...]

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Fitness Includes Emotional

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When active seniors think fitness, physical health first comes to mind.  But if you are someone who specializes in relationships, counseling, marriage and issues of your mind, emotional fitness often tops the list.  Relationship Skills Center Executive Director Carolyn Curtis is one of those who puts a high level of importance about how you feel about yourself.. She is a PhD and licensed in marriage-family counseling who helps people with senior fitness.  She tells the story of a 75-year old woman who would come to her after having dealt [...]

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A Guide to Planning for Legal, Financial and Health Care

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Every profession has its own set of verbs, adjectives, pronouns, nouns and general jargon that may require a classroom education to learn.  For senior health, senior fitness, retirement planning  it feel may feel like your are earning a degree just to have the minimal knowledge.   Lawyer and Certified Geriatric Care Manager Buckley Fricker has created a shortcut to that learning curve with her newest book, Elder Care: The Road to Growing Old is Not Paved.  Fricker brings a very unique perspective to the subject and she tries to cut [...]

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